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Analysis and Commentary

Fixing it later

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Gail Collins and David Brooks discuss what Congress ought to do about health care. Gail Collins says: I only have one thought, which is that the Democrats should pass the health care bill now. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

What we have here is a failure to communicate

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Thursday, January 21, 2010

It has nothing to do with the bloated budget, the payoffs to political friends like the unions in bailing out Detroit and exempting them from health care taxes, the rising debt, the coddling of Wall Street, the stimulus package that didn’t stimulate, the grandiosity of redesigning the health care system and the energy sector. . . .

In the News

Is Obamacare the fourth rail of American Politics

with David Brady, Daniel P. Kessler, Douglas Riversvia Washington Examiner
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Few can doubt that Social Security remains the "third rail" of American politics. . . .

In the News

End-of-Life Medical Spending Not So Wasteful

with Gary S. Beckervia US News and World Report
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Imagine two deer trying to escape a searing forest fire. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Why the Great and Growing Backlash?

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

What Scott Brown’s election portends for the Obama agenda. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Political incentives

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The press is saying that Obama’s agenda is in jeopardy because he has lost a filibuster-proof advantage in the Senate. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Mindset

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

“Massachusetts has health care and so the rest of the country would like to have that too,” Pelosi said, referring to the state’s health care program. . . .

In the News

New Hoover Study Suggests the Importance of Health Reform in Upcoming Midterm Elections

with Daniel P. Kessler, Douglas Rivers, David Bradyvia Business Wire
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

How could a little-known Republican possibly have won a competitive U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts, the bluest of blue states? . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The message from Massachusetts

by Peter Berkowitzvia Politico
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters delivered a stunning rebuke to the transformative agenda obdurately pursued by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and their minions. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

On Acetaminophen

by Henry I. Millervia Regulation (Cato Institute)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

I must disagree with Jeremy Lott’s criticism (“Worse than the Cure,” Fall 2009) of a set of regulatory proposals formulated last summer by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. . . .

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Health Care Policy Working Group


The Working Group on Health Care Policy devises public policies that enable more Americans to get better value for their health care dollar and foster appropriate innovations that will extend and improve life.